HawkinGoferLand
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Interesting read on Illinois:
from article:
CHAMPAIGN — Two hours and 45 minutes before kickoff Saturday, the lush green grass that carpets the donor parking lot adjacent to Memorial Stadium looks like a golf fairway.
Well mowed. Drops of dew glistening in the morning sun. And stunningly empty.
There was one car in the lot at 8:15 a.m.
Too early, you say?
Nonsense. Anyone who has ever attended a game at Michigan, Wisconsin,
Michigan State, Iowa, Ohio State, Penn State or Nebraska can tell you that there’s no such thing as “too early†for enthusiastic Big Ten football crowds.
They arrive long before kickoff — even an 11 a.m. kickoff — and are neck-deep in barbeque and Bloody Mary’s by the time the traditional breakfast hour rolls around. And you can bet that two hours and 45 minutes before kickoff, there was more than one car in the most prime parking lot on the property.
Actual attendance for the season opener was thought to be about 27,000. There were 30,000 or perhaps a little more Saturday on a postcard-perfect day.
What’s it like outside Memorial Stadium at 8:15 a.m.?
It’s like the perfect party setting in which most of the invitations got lost in the mail.
Tupper: Illini have attendance problem to tackle : Illini
Miami:
Thanks for showing up, Miami fans (PHOTO) | Dr. Saturday - Yahoo! Sports
Minnesota:
Despite building a $288 million stadium and approving beer sales, Minnesota football has declined markedly in popularity. In just four years in TCF Bank Stadium, the Gophers have lost 80 percent of their student ticket base.
from article:
CHAMPAIGN — Two hours and 45 minutes before kickoff Saturday, the lush green grass that carpets the donor parking lot adjacent to Memorial Stadium looks like a golf fairway.
Well mowed. Drops of dew glistening in the morning sun. And stunningly empty.
There was one car in the lot at 8:15 a.m.
Too early, you say?
Nonsense. Anyone who has ever attended a game at Michigan, Wisconsin,
Michigan State, Iowa, Ohio State, Penn State or Nebraska can tell you that there’s no such thing as “too early†for enthusiastic Big Ten football crowds.
They arrive long before kickoff — even an 11 a.m. kickoff — and are neck-deep in barbeque and Bloody Mary’s by the time the traditional breakfast hour rolls around. And you can bet that two hours and 45 minutes before kickoff, there was more than one car in the most prime parking lot on the property.
Actual attendance for the season opener was thought to be about 27,000. There were 30,000 or perhaps a little more Saturday on a postcard-perfect day.
What’s it like outside Memorial Stadium at 8:15 a.m.?
It’s like the perfect party setting in which most of the invitations got lost in the mail.
Tupper: Illini have attendance problem to tackle : Illini
Miami:
Thanks for showing up, Miami fans (PHOTO) | Dr. Saturday - Yahoo! Sports
Minnesota:
Despite building a $288 million stadium and approving beer sales, Minnesota football has declined markedly in popularity. In just four years in TCF Bank Stadium, the Gophers have lost 80 percent of their student ticket base.
